Sometimes, I make mistakes.
Sometimes, I royally mess up. BIG TIME.
I usually beat myself up about it, too. I bet you treat yourself the same way. When we think about our mistakes, we feel bad all over again.
I don’t want to do that anymore. I don’t want you to do it anymore, either.
Usually, we have to make lots of mistakes before we learn to do something really well. We have lots of setbacks on our ways to being experts, and it’s nothing to be ashamed of. We can’t ride a bicycle the first time we try. In nearly everything we do, there is a learning period.
Since mistakes are a stepping stone to success. I’m going to try to remember that my next blunder is just helping me to learn faster. It will force me to look at my problem from another angle, possibly giving me a better solution than I might have found if I’d been successful from the beginning.
“Never say, ‘Oops.’ Say, ‘Ah, interesting.’ ” ~Author Unknown
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Sarah, A life without mistakes would be life without growth. How boring would that be?
I read a great interview with Manhattan real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran just a few weeks ago where she said the biggest difference between the best real estate agents and the ho-hum agents was how they handle set-backs.
Everyone makes mistakes and or has road-blocks, it is how you quickly you get back on that horse and ride it again that determines the success you will have in this business.
Broker Bryant is a great role model to have in this business.
Good luck – and keep the chin-up. Remember how you handle the mistake is more important to the client than the actual mistake.
Sarah, Two of My favorite saying’s for years :
” You can’t lose things you never had ”
“Do what you can and Can what you can’t. “